Learn to teach
A skilled coach is of fundamental importance in ensuring the young soccer players to reach their full potential. The coach must be qualified to design age-appropriate and efficient training sessions. He needs to be fully committed to the educational impact of youth sport and consistently seek to promote positive character development. He is able to motivate, encourage and transmit his experience and love for sport to younger generations. While striving for excellence, he should never lose the joy for the game.
Coaches may be knowledgeable and highly organised, but without good communication skills, these attributes may never be reflected in the performance of players.
The success of the coach is determined by his ability to effectively communicate with athletes and in turn getting them to better communicate with each other. In the youth sport, it is important to communicate constructively also with the parents.
For all this, the coaches should always seek self-improvement.
AFA provides a range of coaching courses on specific issues, from 3-day seminars to intensive one day courses. Through our courses, we want to help soccer clubs to systematically develop their youth sport. All seminars are conducted by AFA-specialists and external experts.
Course content
The seminars are tailored to coaches of all age categories, with aims to improve the understanding of several key areas, such as coaching processes, coaching styles and strategies and management issues. During seminars, a number of specific issues will be studied, such as:
Planning efficient training sessions; How much can be expected from a young athlete or the team; Positive motivation; Positive interaction with parents; Psychological, social and educational aspects of youth sport, etc …
What exercises for which age groups; How often and how much; What is the right balance between physical exercise and recovery, etc …
Better cooperation and interaction with the club board of directors, the media, partners and sponsors of the club, including parents, schools, companies and player agencies, …
How to motivate better; Conflict management skills; Developing a unified training philosophy in a club, etc…
Player evaluation; Individualized support for every player; Effective use of each player’s strengths on the field; Improving game analysis, etc…
Injury prevention; Rehabilitation training; Healthy nutrition, Dangers of doping, etc …
Injury prevention; Rehabilitation training; Healthy nutrition, Dangers of doping, etc …
AFA SOCCER SCHOOL
AFA Soccer School offers children and young people a complete platform for developing and improving their soccer skills.
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AFA GOALKEEPER TRAINING
The position of a goalkeeper is of fundamental importance for the success of a team.
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SUPPLEMENTARY SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
AFA offers skills training for players aged 15–18 at intermediate and advanced levels.
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TALENT IDENTIFICATION
We identify the most talented players by continuously and systematically evaluating the performance of our players.
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AFA KIDS & YOUTH CLUB
Our guiding principle is the fostering of positive youth development in Cameroon through sports.
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AFA SOCCER CAMPS AND HOLIDAY COURSES
In several locations in Cameroon we arrange intensive vacation courses and camps where the young participants learn soccer skills.
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